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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1928
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune from Dillon Montana print edition announces weekly coverage by KF and E Foote. Local news briefs, community notices, and upcoming events are featured in this weekly newspaper card.
Notice shows subscription rates in advance with postal handling details. It notes the item is entered at the Dillon Post Office for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
An elderly, once-energetic town figure sequestered on a farm finds new life through radio. The device brings him live speeches from a national political convention and news of events, reviving his reading and spirits, inspiring thousands of shut-ins nationwide.
The piece contrasts old time stump speaking with modern radio coverage turning one speech into a nationwide reach. It notes how radio enables candidates to address millions from a single microphone compared to traveling to many small groups daily.
The piece compares the rise of radio in political discourse with traditional stump speeches. It notes radio reaches both friends and foes and requires voice-driven technique rather than gestures. It questions whether radio will replace stump speaking before the elections and how public figures will adapt.
Senator Burton K Wheeler passes through Jackson on Monday and a string of residents make trips to Dillon Missoula Butte and Wisdom. Local gatherings include Eastern Star Royal Neighbors and Kiwanis picnic with Wisdom beating Anaconda in a ball game.
A historical sketch noting gambling as a national passion in China with wide participation across social classes. It describes bets on seeds, passersby, meals, theater, and officials, comparing ancient prefectural betting on candidates to modern bets on ministerial factionaries, citing Maybon in La Nouvelle Revue.
Ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale, is valued by perfumers as a scent fixative. Historical finds include a 900 pound Norwegian catch worth about 135000 and a 248 pound Spanish haul. US production in 1922 totaled 44 pounds worth around 11500. It also appears in sacramental and medicinal uses in earlier eras.
Judge Roy E. Ayers files for Democratic gubernatorial nomination pledging to remove big business influence and restore state government to lawful authority. He cites past fund debt claims and asserts expenditures under $3 million yearly while noting continued indebtedness despite promises.
The article notes strong spontaneous support across Montana for Charles H. Williams of Deer Lodge as a Republican candidate for U S Senate. It praises his citizenship and public service while suggesting a statewide shift toward nonpartisan public service over partisan politics.
A brief, stark view of medieval life describes harsh huts with earth floors and vermin. It notes extreme poverty, coarse diet, rags or straw clothing, and early aging, citing J. George Frederick in The New Age Illustrated.
An Liberty editorial defends sacrifice in science and exploration noting disasters push progress. It argues that big losses awaken the mind and defeatists must not govern, citing dirigible wrecks, transatlantic flights, and submarine disasters as necessary risks for advancement.
Charles Stetzle in Forbes Magazine argues that every worker imprints personality on their work across trades from drafting to stenography. The piece notes how blueprint signatures, file marks, tool marks, and typewritten sheets reflect individual character and pride in craft.
Selfishness is the cause of divorce said novelist Ellen Glasgow during a New York Cosmopolitan Club discussion after her Virginia trip. She cited a Richmond woman who married a cotton broker and later divorced, noting the husband bore rising dress and beauty bills.
Two boys trade exaggerated athletic feats. One claims ten foot long jump and eleven foot height. The other retorts his own time is faster than the firsts. The banter ends with a teasing claim about faster seconds.
A minister delivers a Sunday sermon as a janitor interrupts to report a blaze. The minister calmly closes the Bible and tells the janitor to wake the audience, using the moment to spur attention and safety.
A radio preacher speaks of transformation and immortality staying the same, offering reassurance to many while a skeptic might question the promise. The Farm and Fireside note adds a skeptical tone about belief and proof.
Century Magazine notes Thomas Jefferson disliked the endless letters he received and wrote. In 1817 he told John Adams he spent days drudging at the writing table answering letters from strangers. He later said a life of constant correspondence felt like a mill horse and called it the burden of his life.
The report notes that an earthquake wave can cross the Pacific Ocean at a speed of six miles per minute, illustrating rapid seismic propagation across vast distances.
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